 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1830 - 522 Seiten
...the poett, playful raillery, exalted by the power of genius, predominated over abstruse discussion. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his wit in a jest," &c. * Gifford's Life of Ben Jonson, p. 65. prefixed... | |
 | 1832 - 792 Seiten
...things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard works that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame. As if that every one from whence they came....his dull life ; then, when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past , wit that might warrant be For the whole city... | |
 | 1833 - 222 Seiten
...of their fiery sparks of wit, So nimble and BO full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of Ma dull life. ' I was all ear to hear,' and took in jests ' which might create a laugh under the ribs... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 342 Seiten
...which men do the best With the hest gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 426 Seiten
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country. ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, i. Ixvi.) The intimacy... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 398 Seiten
...allusion to them, Beaumont fondly lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country. ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard...so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, 1. Ixvi.) The intimacy... | |
 | 1835 - 550 Seiten
...been So nimble, and so full of subtile (lame, As if that every one from whence they c.ime II:id mi-ant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life; then where there had been tlirown Wit able i-Hough to justify the town For three Hays mst, — wit that... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1835 - 350 Seiten
...which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Hard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1835 - 390 Seiten
...! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest.' " (Jonson's works, 1. Ixvi.) The intimacy and affection that existed between Selden and Jonson, are... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 Seiten
...of Ben Jonson, and the genius of Shakspeare. In a poetical epistle to Ben Jonson, Beaumont writes, " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard...resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life." He died on the 15th of March, 1615, in the 30th year of his age, leaving behind him one daughter, who,... | |
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What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life. 
